Game



may 15, .1928.

E. G. CHISHOLM GAME j@ @01,1% QW@ -Patented May 15, 1928.

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GAME.

Appiieation niet; December i, 1926. serial Nb. 151,920.;A

The invention has relation inv general'to games, meaning thereby the actual equipment or appliances, and consists in anovel aine simulating golf.

The object of the character which canbe used indoors in an interesting manner, and so as to afford praetice in the important part of the playing,-

o golf which is known as put-ting. u

lmbodiments of theinvention are illus trated in the accompanying drawings, inV

which latter, y

Fig. l is a plait viewillustrating certain olA the game elements disposed according -to one optional arrangement in readiness for use.

Fig. 2 shows, on a larger scale than Fig. 1, a pair of hazards .mounted in spaced relation upon a foundation sheet, to orm a putting-hole or station.

l ldig. 3 shows an alternative arrangement of the pair of hazards of Fig. 2, to form a putting-hole of diiferent characteristics.

Fig. 4; is a view in cross-section of the putting-cup.

In the drawings, l designates a convenient supporting surface,'which for the p urposes of the invention may be regarded' as simulating a fairway of a golf course. At 2, 2, etc., are boundaries of the said surface defining the limits within which play is to be confined. Sometimes it willbe found advantageous to place the game elements upon the top surface of a rug, in. which event the edges of the rug will constitute the boundaries.

At 3,13, are shown what may be termed hazards, grouped in pairs, the two elements iss of each pair being spaced apart sufficiently to permit of convenient reception and passage between them ot a ball serving for the purposes of the plays. rIhe ball in question is to be driven by the player through or intoA and from the space or area between a pair of the hazards. l contemplate employing a regular golf ball and a regular putting iron. The extent of separation of. the two hazards of a pair will be suiicient to permit of the .insertion of the club or puttingiron between them, as may be necessary in propelling toward the next pair over the surface 1 a ball coming to, rest within the space between such two hazards.

The space between the two members of `each pair iot hazards may be regarded as a putting hole. i

invention is to provide vgaine appliances or equipment or simple.

game will be to cause. the ball to pass through or into and from the spaces or' openings of :the successive pairs of hazards in the predetermined order with the' use of the fewest possible4 strokes.

, The pairs'of hazards ,3, 3, will in vpractice be disposed variously, at the option of the player' or players, upon the 'surface 1. In most cases, they will be Vso disposed that the passageways between the .respective pairs shall occupy various angular relations .with respect to one another, so as thereby to enL hanceA the interest of playing by increasing the diiiieulties incident to causing the ball to pass' into or through the spaces of the respective pairs of hazards in the predeter- .niined succession.

At 4 isa putting'cup located man optional relation with' respect to the last pair ot hazards, and into which the ball is to. be putted a'l'ter having been entered between -the various pairs of hazards in succession.

with proximate vertical faces, and withtheir oblique plane faces turned in opposite directions away from each other and sloping outwardlydown to the surface on ,which the parts are placed. As-associated in 'a pair,

lthe ball may either be-putted into or through the passageway from one end of the latter,

The aiin in the use of the or may be vcaused to roll up one of the sloping plane faces and land in the passageway. As will be perceived, a pair 'of the said hazards provides a hole into which a ball may be driven in any direction along paths extending along the said lsurface into or through the passageway betweensuch pair, as well as transversely at vaiious angles with respect to the said passageway, and also one t'iomwhich the ball may be played as it lies without requiring to be lifted;` It is thus a sort of station through which the ball must be passed. Some skill will be requisite in order-to cause the ball to drop into the passageway in being played up one of the sloping sides, in order to avoid jumping completely over the passageway.

The blocks of a pair may be independent mounted upona suitable foundation sheet, as at 6 in Fig. 2. Usually, however, the

blocks will be separate andindepend'cnt; for

convenience in storage andship'nient; The surfaces of the blocks may be bare,- or the vertical or other. surfaees'niay be 'covered With suitable material, as, cloth, felt, etc.v

A gaine requiring a greater 'degree of skill may be playedwith the same component ele,-

A theiroblique faces will slope inwardly toward each other tobound or define a rectangular space of the same area as is defined by the vertical faces in the other arrangement described hereinbefore. The ball must be putted accurately into either end of this space or assageway in order to enter, and the fljiolehthiisis approachable only in the generaldirection zofits length.l Otherwise than this, the hol'e and the game is played as outlined-above.

The'p'utting cup 4 shown in the drawings is inthe formv of a ilat truncated cone having in its upper portion a recess 7 for the reception of the ball. The conical shape adds to the difculty of entering the ball into the recess. An advantage in connection with the f blocks forming the hazards of the forni shown in the drawings-residesin the fact that apair of the said blocks may be produced Afrom an initial wooden blank of reetangular oblong shape, resembling a brick, by sawing the said blank in two on a plane extending the length of the blank and across the diagonal of its end. This single cut produces blocks which have a rectangular crosssection in the direction of their length,v and in a transverse direction a cross-section that is a right triangle.

`What I claim as my invention is,--

l. A game for use with a ball and a propelling club, comprising a supporting surface simulating a fairway, hazards consisting of pairs of blocks respectively triangular in transverse section resting upon their bases upon the said surface with vertical sides fao ing each other at a distance apart suitable for the passage of a ball between them and with inclined sides extending laterally in opposite directions and constituting sloping apprpaclics ,to the passageway between the blocks, `with the successive pairs constitutin consecutive stations of a predetermined course vto be trimersedxbyhe ball.

y 2. A gaine for use with a ball-*and a provpielling club," comprising a supporting surface .simulating a'fjairway, hazards consisting ot' pairs di 'blocks 'respectively trian ular in transverse section restingupon their 'ases -upon the said surface with vertical sides facing-each other at a distance apart suitable for the' passageoit a ball between them and with inclined sides extending laterally in opposite directions and constitutin f sloping approaches to the passageway lbetween the blocks, with the successive pairs constitutin consecutive stations of a predetermine 'course' to be traversed by the ball, and'with a block providing at the end yof'such 'course a putting cup.

3. A gaine ior use in combination with a ball and propelling club, comprisinga supporting surface simulating a l'airway,`rhaz ards consisting oi pairs of blocks respectively triangular in transverse Asection resting upon their bases upon the saidl surface with vertical sic1 s facing each other at a dis,- tance apart suitiole for the passage of'a ball between them, and with inclined fsidesjex; tendng laterally in opposite directinsand cons" ituting sloping approaches to the pasf sageway between the blocks, with'the suc cessive pairs constitutingl consecutive"'s`ta vtions of a predetermined course to be traf versed by the ball and standing at varied angular relationship to each other.

4. .A game for use with' a ball and propelling club, comprising a sup orting surface simulating a fairway," hazai s consisting of .pairs of blocks respectively triangular in trans erse section resting upon their bases with their oblique faces sloping inwardly toward 'each other delining an area of the supporting surface to serve as a puttin holc.

a. A game` for usar with a ball an propelling club, comprising a supporting surface simulating a fairway, hazards consisting of pairs of blocks respectively triangular in transverse section resting upon their bases with their oblique faces sloping inwardly toward each other, and forming a station through which the ball' must be propelled, the successive pairs of hazards constituting consecutive'putting-holes ot a predetermined course to be traversed by the ball.

E. GANN ETT CHISHOLM.

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